VOL. 122 - NO. 47 , , NOVEMBER 23, 2018 $.35 A COPY Social Centers Celebrates 100 Years of Service to the Community

L-R: Thomas N. O’Brien, Founding Partner, the HYM Investment Group, LLC; Justin Pasquariello, Executive Director, East Boston Social Centers; Martin J. Walsh, Mayor of Boston; Debra Cave, News Briefs Board President, East Boston Social Centers; Cheryl Fiandaca, Chief Investigative Reporter by Sal Giarratani for the WBZ I-Team; Robert Lewis Jr., Founder and President, The BASE (with Community Activist Award); Debbi White, East Boston Camps Director and Retired, Boston Public Schools; Diane J. Modica, Attorney and Former Boston City Councilor; Charlie Baker, Governor of Massachusetts; and Robert E. Travaglini, President of the from 2003- Florida Election Recount 2007 and Founder of Travaglini, Eisenberg, and Kiley Endless Joke? The going messy story out of Fort Lauderdale in On November 7, 2018, the told the story of each decade. provided the space for this Broward County has turned into a sad joke but in reality, East Boston Social Centers Former Senate President Robert event. it is much more than a joke because it calls into ques- celebrated its 100th anniversary E. Travaglini led an exciting live Executive Director Justin tion the very underpinning of our democrat republic. If with a “Cruisin’ Thorough the auction. Pasquariello says, “We are we have no confidence in our election system, what are Decades” gala at historic Suffolk Thomas N. O’Brien and HYM we left with? Downs. The Social Centers Investments, LLC, generously (Continued on Page 7) Mistakes, protests, and litigation now surround impacts nearly 600 diverse recounting votes in two pivotal elections for Governor community members of all and U.S. Senator and brings back the nightmare of the ages in East Boston, Chelsea, Buon Natale 2000 presidential election. Broward County is a total Revere and Winthrop on a typi- NORTH END ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION disgrace and so too is Palm Beach. The Republican Party cal day — and touches tens of presents the in Broward County seems on target in slamming Brenda thousands each year. 47TH Annual Snipes, Supervisor of Elections for “incompetence and The Social Centers presented gross mismanagement.” County officials were forced the Inaugural Community 2018 NORTH END to acknowledge that the county counted 22 absentee Activist award to Social Center ballots that had been previously rejected. However, the alumnus Robert Lewis, Jr., PARADE problem seemed impossible since those ballots were Founder and President of The SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2018 - 1:00 P.M. mixed in with 205 legal ballots and Snipes said it would BASE. Robert credits the Social be unfair to throw all those votes out. Centers as being an anchor in The integrity of the vote count is now evaporated. his young life. Whether the mess is the result of total ignorance or Event leadership included blatant fraud, the whole election process down there Honorary Co-Chairs Martin J. is now called into question. At some point firing people Walsh and Governor Charlie must be done. If we can’t trust the people responsible Baker; emcee Cheryl Fiandaca for collecting and counting votes, we become no better of CBS Boston; and co-chairs than Cuban democracy. Diane J. Modica, Attorney I think there are some Democrat officials down there and former City Councilor; who scare me as they count votes using the New Math Thomas N. O’Brien, Founding Merry Christmas (Continued on Page 10) Partner and Managing Director SEE ARRIVE AT NORTH END PARK of HYM Investment Group and BY HELICOPTER AT 1:00 P.M. former BRA Director; Robert In case of bad weather, Parade will be held the next Sunday, December 16th In Association with THE TASTE OF THE NORTH END • THE NAZZARO CENTER E. Travaglini, Public Affairs NORTH END AGAINST DRUGS • MAYOR’S OFFICE OF ARTS, TOURISM AND SPECIAL EVENTS Executive and former Senate POST-GAZETTE SATELLITE OFFICE President; and Debbi White, Dedicated in Memory 343 CHELSEA ST., DAY SQ., EAST BOSTON Community Leader and former East Boston Camps leader. of Tues. 10:00 AM-3:00 PM; Thurs. 11:00 AM-2:00 PM Ten decade stations presented a photographic history of East JAMES “Jimmy” PALLOTTA Call 617-227-8929 for more information Boston and the Social Centers, while Living Legend storytellers PAGE 2 POST-GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 23, 2018 MassDOT Inclement Weather Resources MassDOT encourages the public to keep an eye on the forecast, allow extra time if you must travel and if driving, please reduce speeds and give plenty of space to crews which are out plowing and treating the roadways. MassDOT’s snow and ice operations will be deployed throughout the Commonwealth as conditions necessitate. In the worst storms, MassDOT’s Highway Division is able to FAENUS utilize up to 700 personnel to perform snow and ice removal opera- tions on more than 15,000 lane miles of roadway throughout the longer lent by the year but by Commonwealth. This , MassDOT will have approximately the month, and monthly inter- 3,900 pieces of state and vendor equipment available throughout est was paid on the first day of the duration of winter storms using over 150 depots and storage each month. Notice of intention locations. This includes over 1,400 plow and spreader combos, to recall a loan was given on the 2,100 plows, and 460 front-end loaders. Ides (13th or 15th of the month) If drivers must go out on the roadways, they are advised to always and reimbursement took place wear seatbelts, minimize distractions, turn off or put away cell on the first day of the follow- phones, and devote full attention to what is ahead on the road. ing month. The regular rate of For the most up-to-date information on transportation interest under this system was impacts, please follow on Twitter @MBTA, @MBTA_CR, one percent monthly, or twelve @MassDOT, and @MassRMV. percent per year. For updates on road and traffic conditions in Massachusetts, The accumulation of large drivers can: fortunes in Rome at the end of • Dial 511 before heading out onto the roadways and select a Most of our concerns today it was permissible to charge the Republic lessened the rate route to hear real-time conditions. seem to center around ­“faenus,” compound interest. Interest of interest that was charged. • Visit www.mass511.com, a website, which provides real- which is the Latin term for was computed and charged by The chief field for usury was time traffic and incident advisory information, access to traffic interest, debt, profit, gain, or one of two different methods. It then directed towards the prov- cameras, and allows users to subscribe to text and email alerts financial advantage. In early was quite usual to agree on the inces, where the inhabitants for traffic conditions. Greece, the rate of interest amount of a monthly payment, were compelled to raise loans • Download MassDOT’s GoTime mobile app and view real-time on invested capital was not or by an annual payment based at any price because of exor- traffic conditions before setting out on the road. restricted by law, but was upon a fraction of the principal. bitant taxes. Justinian, the Other important winter driving tips include: left entirely to arrangements Interest was usually paid on great Byzantine Emperor, was • Clear snow and ice from all windows and lights, even the hood between the parties concerned. the first day of each month, the one who eventually fixed a and roof, before driving, (start with the tailpipe). The average rate was considered but yearly payments were also permanent interest rate in ordi- • Leave plenty of room for stopping. quite high, far higher than the possible. nary investments at six percent, • Remember that the posted speed limits are for dry pavement. rental fee for houses or for land. In early Rome, as in Athens, in commercial enterprises at • Use brakes carefully. Brake early. Brake correctly. It takes This was due to the scarcity of the rate of interest was origi- eight percent, and in bottomry more time and distance to stop in adverse conditions. ready cash and the difficulty in nally unrestricted, and it was (previous unlimited) at twelve • Bridge decks freeze first. Due to the difference in the exposure accumulating any large amount not until after much work was percent. to air, the surface condition can be worse on a bridge than on the of capital. During the time of done that a standard rate of It is certainly a great mystery approach road. Demosthenes (about 300 B.C.), eight and one third percent was to me why our ancestors were • Exit ramps are an even greater challenge during the winter twelve percent was regarded established. The law limited the so concerned about money and since they may have received less anti-icing material than the as a rather low rate of interest interest rate for Roman citizens, interest. All they had to do was main line. and higher rates, up to eighteen but usury (gouging) was quite to look to their government • Leave room for maintenance vehicles and plows — stay back percent were quite common. In the common practice where leadership like we do. If you at least 200 feet and do not pass on the right. bottomry (insurance on ship- foreigners were concerned. need more money ... just print • Seatbelts should be worn at all times — it’s the law. ping cargo), the ordinary rate The exchange of commerce it ... how simple can you get? • Most importantly, please remember to slow down. of interest at Athens was twenty between foreign countries Please review more information on safe winter driving at percent. In the event of failure prompted changes in inter- NEXT WEEK: www.mass.gov/winter-weather-driving. in the payment of interest due, est payments. Money was no Even Funerals Have Roots To sign up for service alerts for the MBTA: Subway, Bus, Commuter Rail and Ferry service go to www.mbta.com. Remembering Michaelina “Lee” Procopio’s On the Anniversary of Her 100th Birthday Day is commemorated every took effect at eleven o’clock in year on November 11th, to mark the morning — the “eleventh Tis The Season! Ho! Ho! Ho! the armistice signed between hour of the eleventh day the Allies of World War I and of the eleventh month” of Merry Christmas Germany at Compiègne, France 1918. Lee enjoyed celebrating St. Agrippina DiMineo Benefit Society at 5:45 a.m., for the cessation Veterans Day and their th of hostilities on the Western courageous works in her 24 Annual Front of World War I, which lifetime. Christmas Program for North End Children Only SANTA CLAUS IS COMING WITH GIFTS FOR ALL THE NICE BOYS & GIRLS. on Sunday, December 9th from 12:00 to 2:00 pm at St. Agrippina’s Chapel at 459 Hanover Street H All who wish to attend please call 617-363-2678 between November Andrea Sparks and Andy 19 and December 3rd. To confirm you must supply your child’s name, age, gender, address and phone number so that we can report to Santa’s elves. Procopio celebrated their Mother H Please, you must confirm no later than December 3rd. All children Michaelina “Lee” Procopio’s 10 and under will receive a picture with Santa and a gift. Children must be th 100 Birthday on Veterans present & accompanied by an adult. Also: Face Painting, Balloons, Day at Mass at St. Leonard’s Characters, Gift Bags. Please Bring a Camera! Church. Michaelina passed H Saint Agrippina’s Christmas Program is for North End Residents Only. away at the age of 98½ H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H Lee was born on the exact Michele Morgan, Rosemary McAuliffe, Andrea Sparks and Andy day that marked Armistice Day, Procopio gather outside St. Leonard’s Church after Mass on Don’t miss seeing “Santa Claus” November 11, 1918. Armistice Veterans Day. “VIVA ST. AGRIPPINA

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Vol. 122 - No. 47 Friday, November 23, 2018 of Wilmington, Steven The family will of Malden, Michael receive visitors on OUR POLICY: To help preserve the ideals and sacred traditions rd of this our adopted country the United States of America: and his wife Rose of Friday, November 23 , To revere its laws and inspire others to respect and obey Burlington- and John from 4:00 p.m.-8:00 them: To strive unceasingly to quicken the public’s sense of and his wife Patricia of Wilmington, as p.m., in the Boston Harborside Home, civic duty: In all ways to aid in making this country greater well as nine grandchildren and eleven 580 Commercial Street, Boston. A and better than we found it. great-grandchildren. Also survived by his Mass of Christian Burial will be held on sister Mary of Boston and many nieces Saturday, November 24th at 10:00 a.m. Boston Common and nephews. He is predeceased by in St. Stephen’s Church, 401 Hanover three brothers and four sisters. Street, Boston, MA. Lighting Frank proudly served in the In lieu of flowers, donations may be Massachusetts National Guard and made in his memory to the All Care Hospice, Annual Celebration Live on WCVB Channel 5 was a proud member of the Knights 210 Market Street, Lynn, MA 01901. Mayor Martin J. Walsh and The Honourable Karen Casey, Deputy Premier of Nova Scotia, will celebrate the 77th Annual Tree Lighting on Boston Common on Thursday, November 29th, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The celebration is presented by the Boston Parks and Recreation ZooLights Shine Brightly Department, title sponsor The Province of Nova Scotia, Jumbotron rd sponsor JetBlue, and presenting sponsors Exelon Generation, Beginning on Friday, November 23 the Coca-Cola Company, and Bank of America with additional support provided by WCVB Channel 5, Magic 106.7 FM, and the Beloved holiday Tradition Returns to Stone Zoo Boston Globe. The holiday lights throughout both parks will light ZooLights is set to once again up in sequence shortly before 8:00 p.m. when Mayor Walsh is dazzle visitors of all ages when joined onstage by Deputy Premier Casey, members of the Royal it opens for the holiday season Canadian Mounted Police, and Santa Claus. The show will close on Friday, November 23rd. This with a pyrotechnic display by Atlas PyroVision. winter wonderland attracts The holiday decorations throughout Boston Common and the thousands of visitors each Public Garden include the City of Boston’s official 2018 Christmas year who get into the holiday tree, a 46-foot white spruce tree donated by Ross McKellar and spirit by strolling along tree- Teresa Simpson from Oxford, Nova Scotia. This marks the first lined paths lit by thousands of time the annual Christmas tree gift to Boston has come from twinkling lights. New this year, Cumberland County. guests will be able to see the WCVB’s Anthony Everett and Shayna Seymour will once again Caribbean Coast exhibit fes- host Channel 5’s live broadcast of the event beginning at 7:00 p.m. tively decorated. Stroll through featuring multi-platinum pop star Andy Grammer, music from the beautifully lit Yukon Creek Nova Scotia’s Hillsburn and Makayla Lynn, local recording artist and see black bears, bald eagles, Phaedra, Willy Wonka from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the Canada lynx, arctic foxes, and cast of North Shore Music Theater’s A , and the even reindeer! Morning Star Baptist Church Gospel Choir. Guests of all ages will have 24th. On December 5th, 12th, 19th Friday, November 23, 2018 – The lighting of the trees on the Common is made possible the opportunity to meet one and 24th, guests can also meet Monday, December 31, 2018, through the generosity of the Egan Family Foundation, the Lynch of Stone Zoo’s reindeer up Mrs. Claus, who will be greeting from 5:00 – 9:00 p.m. Foundation, the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, close during the nightly photo visitors and spreading holiday Please note: ZooLights will be John Moriarty & Associates, Berkshire Bank, the Herb Chambers opportunities.* Children will cheer throughout the Zoo from closed on December 25th. Companies, the Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau, and want to make sure they visit 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. Stone Zoo, 149 Pond Street, contributions from other individuals and institutions. with Santa, who awaits their *Please note: The reindeer Stoneham, MA 02180 The annual holiday display includes the official Christmas arrival in Santa’s Castle. Jolly photo opportunities are subject For more information, please tree from Nova Scotia and trees throughout Boston Common. Old St. Nick will be available to change at any time due to the visit www.stonezoo.org or call Refreshments and additional support will be provided by pro- for photos through December animals’ needs and the weather. 617-541-LION. motional sponsors Dunkin’ Donuts, Capital One, Xfinity, KIND Snacks, H.P. Hood LLC, Power Crunch Bars, Drake’s Cakes, Celebrate World Anteater Day The Coca-Cola Holiday Caravan Nature’s Path, and an appearance by the L.L. Bean Bootmobile. This is the 47th year that Nova Scotia has given a tree to the at Franklin Park Zoo and Santa Visit Franklin Park Zoo people of Boston as thanks for relief efforts following the December In celebration of World Anteater Day, visit 6, 1917, explosion of a munitions ship in Halifax Harbor. Within Jockamo, the giant anteater at his exhibit inside 24 hours of the disaster a train loaded with supplies and emer- Franklin Park Zoo’s Tropical Forest on November gency personnel was making its way from Boston to Nova Scotia. 24th, from 10:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. For more information please call (617)-635-4505, go to www. Did you know that giant anteaters have a boston.gov/parks, or visit us on Facebook. For Boston Common 2-foot-long tongue that allows them to eat up parking information go to www.massconvention.com/bcg.html. to 35,000 insects per day? Learn more about anteaters during scheduled animal encounters. There will also be crafts and activities for the kids, and an education station all about anteaters. Giant anteaters are terrestrial mammals that live in moist tropical forests, dry deciduous forests, as well as swamp, savannah and grass- land habitats. Their historic range is from the The Coca-Cola Holiday Caravan is coming to southern tip of Mexico down to Honduras and Franklin Park Zoo! Look for the illuminating south through South America. These striking truck as it brings Santa to the Zoo on Saturday, animals are noted for their distinct coloration December 8th, 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Guests and their general coat pattern is predominately will be able to meet and take a free family photo brown or grey. with Santa. Zoo New England is committed to the con- Warm up inside the Tropical Forest building servation of these animals and has supported as you watch some of the animals receive festive Anteaters and Highways, through its Quarters enrichment. There will also be a fun craft to take for Conservation program. home and an activity at the education station. For more information, visit www.franklinparkzoo.org or call 617-541-LION. Franklin Park Zoo, One Franklin Park Road, Boston, MA 02121 (Photos courtesy of Zoo New England) PAGE 4 POST-GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 23, 2018 L’Anno Bello: A Year in Italian Folklore and the Joy of Waiting by Ally Di Censo Symynkywicz THINKING OUTLOUD to remember my father’s child- hood memories of a Christmas by Sal Giarratani season in Italy. Advent had a rustic and simple charm in his Bar Shooter Kills 12 hometown of Sulmona, nestled in the mountains of the Abruzzi AUSTIN, TX - Another hor- of the food truck was away, van- region, and every tradition rible and senseless act of vio- dals broke into his truck and was imbued with a profound lence after another. Last year caused great damage and left sense of holiness. Bagpipe when I was down in South an Iron Cross and many coins players known as zampognari, Austin, I watched the cable on the front seat. Sounds like decked out in folkloric garb, still news describing an act of terror- another senseless hate crime descend from the frosty moun- ism in Manhattan as a crazed to most. tain pasture to the haunting driver plowed down a side- America, as of late, has been tune of their ancient Christmas walk on a busy street killing consumed in lots of division. melodies. They make their way a number of innocent folks. No one talks to each other to Rome and stay there until It was Day One of my 2018 anymore. People scream both Texas trip, in late October. A right and left, but mostly left. the Italian Christmas season th ends on the holiday of the week later (November 5 ) there We have grown too intolerant . Throughout Advent, was another shooting about of each other. presepi, the quintessential 140 miles south of Austin in ANTIFA is one of those divi- Every year, I unfailingly hear ing of this deeply significant Italian , Sutherland Springs, a suburb of sive groups that spread hatred the same refrain uttered from time period has changed con- begin to appear throughout San Antonio. A shooter opened and violence always in the name the lips of exasperated cowork- siderably from its medieval the whole country. Presepi, fire in a church sanctuary on of being antifascist. In the latest ers and family members: “The roots. In the early days of or Nativity scenes, adorn pri- a Sunday morning. More inno- news, they surrounded Tucker Christmas season starts earlier Christianity, Advent meant vate homes, city plazas, and cent people killed by gunfire. Carlson’s home in D.C. while his and earlier each year!” This spiritual cleansing in prepa- village squares, sometimes Here I am back in Austin and wife is home alone. Surrounded nebulous phenomenon is actu- ration for Christmas. It was with live actors portraying the just before I left Boston, there by a screaming mob, the cops ally known as Christmas creep, time set aside for fasting, and members of the Holy Family. was a horrific shooting at a are called to break things up. and it can be a real pain for vestiges of this practice can These Nativities form such an synagogue in Pittsburgh called This is not an act of civility. This the Tree of Life. More dead! Two is an act of domestic terrorism those of us who wish to enjoy be seen in the many European indispensable part of Italian th each season slowly, watching cultures, including the Italian, Christmas celebrations in part days ago (November 7 ) I awake but the Fake News Media gave it unfurl naturally. I remember which serve seafood rather than because they were created by to TV voices talking about a TV viewers nothing but crickets. staring in shock at a com- meat during the traditional the country’s beloved patron massacre at a bar 40-miles It is time for America to begin mercial featuring Santa Claus dinner. However, saint, St. Francis of Assisi. My west of Los Angeles. Another healing. Constant violence, which aired a few weeks before modern Advent celebrations father always remembered with crazed shooter! More dead! This constant name-calling, and , and marveling at the focus more on the delightful great love and nostalgia the last shooter killed himself after constant death must end, and boxes of that anticipation for Christmas. This enormous presepio he helped killing 12, including a deputy the end will begin when all of stocked store shelves before the forms the symbolic crux of the construct in his town church, sheriff, who tried to stop him us demand it to end. We do last jack-o-lanterns or witches’ . Every Sunday replete with moss and running from killing more. not need partisan politics we hats made their way to the during Advent, someone lights water. Finally, Advent signals Oh before I forget, there was need unity politics. There is storage room. Then, of course, one of the four candles — three the arrival of the ubiquitous a small news story in the Austin always more that unites us comes , the day of purples, one pink — on the Christmas markets in Italy. American Statesman, the big than divides us. We all have to long lines snaking out of depart- wreath until they all burn These enchanting bazaars grace daily newspaper down here, find the strength to do what is ment stores at the wee hours radiantly on the last Sunday nearly every Italian city, with on the vandalism of a Jewish right. The solution is all of us of the morning and crowds of the season. These luminous the most famous located in food truck. Here in Downtown working together to right things, jostling to find the perfect deal. candles cut through the dark Piazza Navona in Rome. Stalls Austin on Congress Avenue, or all we will get is more of the I try to avoid the rampant com- nights of winter and reference burst with Christmas orna- there are plenty of food trucks same. We can’t just sit by idly mercialization of Christmas. My the reemergence of light at ments, toys and edible treats, dotting this main thoroughfare and watch things go from bad Black Friday tradition involves a Christmas, religiously through all to the soundtrack of per- from Lady Bird Lake to the State to worse. We have the power to refusal to set foot in any store; the birth of , and meta- formers and musicians enter- Capitol. change it if we have the courage instead, I spend a quiet day phorically through the slowly taining the shoppers. Tourists It seems that while the owner to do so. watching television, grading lengthening days after the line up to try famous fruit- papers or eating sushi with my winter solstice. I honor Advent studded Christmas breads like husband. I prefer to settle into with several quaint family and panforte. These Save Time, Trouble and Worry ... the Christmas season calmly traditions. My husband and I markets are just one of many and organically, savoring it light a candle on our Advent customs which add to the magi- Have Spinelli’s Cater with the same appreciation as wreath every Sunday, accom- cal charm of an Italian Advent, a cup of velvety eggnog. For this panied by the reading of an a season which excitedly awaits Your Holiday Parties reason, I am especially thankful appropriate Bible verse and the the arrival of Christmas while that the calendar sets aside a singing of an Advent carol like also commemorating the spiri- special time devoted to waiting, “O Come Emmanuel.” When tuality of the holiday. Spinelli’s Ravioli & Pastry Shop a value which too often seems we visit his parents, we attach I realize that it can be all too 282 Bennington Street, East Boston lost in our fast-paced world. a special ornament to an old easy — and frustrating — to get This period of reflective spiritu- cloth that they caught up in the frenzied rush ality is known as Advent, and it have held for years. On the which frequently characterizes brims with its own fascinating first Sunday of Advent, I set the holiday season. The inces- customs and traditions as it out my Christmas decorations sant drone of commercials and patiently ushers in the joyful and begin baking my holiday the overwhelming surge of peo- Call for Orders Christmas holiday. cookies as well. These customs ple in a crowded mall can either Advent, which begins a instill in me a keen eagerness propel us to buy more and more Telephone 617-567-1992 little over a week from now, for the Christmas festivities material goods, or rather hide on December 2nd, this year, while still allowing me to revel in away home. However, by hon- Fax 617-567-5150 stretches across the four weeks the unique delights of Advent. oring Advent, we give ourselves www.spinellis.com prior to Christmas. The mean- During Advent, I also pause a reprieve from the holiday turmoil. 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Photos taken with camera phones are is a high school history teacher. typically only 72 dpi and will be too grainy to print. Tel. 781.284.1100 Fax 781.284.2200 She appreciates any comments If taking photos for a submission, please use a digital camera. If and suggestions about Italian supplying existing photos, please submit a high-quality print for Free Parking Adjacent to Building holidays and folklore at adi- scanning. [email protected]. POST-GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 23, 2018 PAGE 5 A with the Calamari Sisters Created by Jay Falzone, Stephen Smith, and Dan Lavender Limited Three Week Run December 6 - December 23, 2018 at the Regent Theatre in Arlington, MA and Mary in The Secret Garden. After graduation, Carmela attended DeVry University for a year and a half before pursuing her dream of a life in the show biz. She came close to her big break when she was cast as Kathy Bates butt double, but the MPAA deemed the scene “of questionable taste,” and Carmela’s film debut was never seen. However, when her sister, Delphine, suggested they start a singing-dancing-cooking busi- ness together, Carmela knew it was the perfect marriage of her two favorite things: cooking and Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the kitchen. performing, and so Calamari Prepare yourselves for a brand full. Jobless, she teamed up with Sisters’ Catering Company was new, outrageously funny, all- her sister, Carmela, and founded born. Achieving neighborhood singing, all-dancing, all-cooking the borough-famous Calamari attention for their unusual extravaganza as the Calamari Sisters’ Catering Company. catering style incorporating Sisters take the stage for A Little They soon became well-known song-and-dance routines, she Christmas with the Calamari for their song-and-dance-and- always knew that she needed a Sisters. cooking routines, being hired medium that would allow more The show is full of holiday by such notable public figures people to experience her unique favorites like “Rockin’ Around as Ed Koch, Hoda Kotb, and caliber of entertainment. Public The Christmas Tree,” “Home For Nancy Harrigan. Knowing that access cable was the answer!! The Holidays,” ”Put A Little Love the next natural step for them She became the star of MANGIA In Your Heart,” and of course, was television, when the oppor- ITALIANO! Carmela wishes to “Dominic The Italian Christmas tunity presented itself, they thank her Uncle JoJo for never Donkey”! Join those brassy, grabbed it. Four years ago, their making good on his bets, and her sassy sisters as they sing, dance, Uncle JoJo accidentally went devoted fans for their countless Sicilian Association of Greater Boston and cook their way through this swimming without taking off letters, pictures (both G-rated th holiday extravaganza! his cement block, and left them and otherwise), and articles of 20 Annual Dance ABOUT THE a large inheritance, which they clothing (both laundered and CALAMARI SISTERS used to finance their public otherwise) the past four years. On Saturday, December 1, DELPHINE CALAMARI was access cable TV show, MANGIA Carmela wishes to leave you 2018, at 6:30 p.m., the Sicilian born in Bay Ridge, NY, the eldest ITALIANO. Delphine wishes to with a quote: “Dreams are like Association of Greater Boston daughter of Rocco and Vittoria thank her family for all of their butterflies. Don’t let them go will be hosting their Annual Calamari. By age seven, she support (except her Aunt Viola, ‘cause they won’t come back. So Christmas Dinner Dance at the was assisting her grandmother go to hell), especially Uncle Geno hold onto them tight even if kills American Legion Post 440, 295 cater every major event at the for being in the right place at the the butterfly.” California Street, Newton, MA legendary Rigatoni Lodge of the right time when this kitchen set Cooking With The Calamari This year, the Sicilian Brooklyn Federation of Italian- fell off the back of that truck! Sisters. Association of Greater Boston American Societies. Her love for Delphine sends much love to all New York Newsday called is very pleased to bring to you meat began soon there after, of her fans, and invites them to The Calamari Sisters “delight- Celentano 2, one of the most and within a few years she was mangia, MANGIA! ful and absolutely delicious.” exceptional Adriano Celentano’s known throughout the borough CARMELLA CALAMARI Straight from sold-out engage- impersonators ever. It will be as “that Italian girl that can lightest daughter of Rocco and ments across the country, be the entertainment event of the tell you which butcher a sau- Vittoria Calamari, weighing prepared to eat your heart out year. Guaranteed good time for sage comes from with her eyes 15 pounds at birth. Carmela and laugh until your sides hurt everyone. He will be waiting for closed.” By the time Delphine began turning heads with her as Delphine & Carmela perform you to join him! was a young woman, it was cooking from a very young age, outrageous musical numbers DJ Angelo Coviello widely believed that unless you combining a lemonade stand while designing their latest Catering by Maria’s Catering served Delphine’s meatballs at with a kissing booth at the age of culinary offerings. of Watertown Celentano 2 your wedding reception, your eight. After being promptly shut Don’t be surprised if they We hope you will be able to Please call Guy Guccione at marriage would be doomed and down by her uncle, and several get a bit naughty when they join us and share in the spirit 781-762-6273 or Joe Schepis at you would never conceive a son of her customers mysteriously update their treasured family of the Christmas Season. 617-786-0081 for your tickets. to carry on your family name. disappearing, she turned her recipes with saucy secrets and In addition to cooking, Delphine attention to more conventional anecdotes that will leave you has always been interested in outlets and began competing in rolling in the aisles. And who the arts, singing countless duets the Bay Ridge pageant circuit. knows? You may get a chance with her sister, Carmela, at St. While qualified, Carmela was to sample these two sisters’ Lawrence of the Roasted Martyrs crowned Miss Salami of Bay kitchen creations. Church and Convent. Their Ridge, first runner-up Miss “A Little Christmas with Real Estate Sales & Rentals nativity of cold meats and dairy Wooden Spoon of Bay Ridge, The Calamari Sisters is an Servicing Boston for Twenty Years was always a huge crowd pleaser and Miss Congeniality for Miss uproarious and unique show at Christmastime. Also, as a Stuck Pig of Bay Ridge; always that will keep you laughing young girl, Delphine attended wowing the crowd with some out loud from curtain to cur- Sign Up Now Miss FloFlo’s School of Dance for extraordinary new and unusual tain.” New Jersey Herald. We’ll List Your Bigger Girls, where she excelled talent. It was while competing “Laugh Out Loud Funny!” - Home for 3 Percent until she was asked to leave due for the famous Miss Macaroni of Philadelphia Inquirer to an unfortunate fight with a Greater Brooklyn when Carmela “Wicked Naughty Humor!” fellow dancer, Tula Mercantelli, was allegedly caught feeding - BroadwayWorld.com 3% over a piece of Easter pie. Today, one of the judge’s minestrone Regent Theatre 7 Medford Tula is carrying her third illegiti- soup out of her Gucci knock-off St., Arlington, MA mate child by a third father, and pump. Although never con- December 6th - 23rd Shows: it serves her right. Undaunted, clusively proven, she was dis- Thursday 2:00 & 7:30 p.m.; Delphine was Founder and qualified from any and all future Friday 8:00 p.m.; Saturday 2:00 President of the Pasta and Meat Italian pageants in all five bor- & 8:00 p.m.; Sunday 2:00 p.m. Club at St. Lady of the oughs. 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The Massachusetts Pet News . . . from the Gazette Legislative Italian American Caucus by Marie Simboli Celebrating Thanksgiving with your Dog Let visiting family members know which human foods are inappropriate for your dog but also invite them to give him or her a healthy treats or bits of kibble that you’ve put aside just for him or her. The aroma wafting into the dining area from the kitchen can be just as enticing to your dog as it is to your guests. Guess who’s going to follow the scent? Safety can be a concern if your pup is underfoot while food is being prepared and brought to the dining table. This would be a good time for a family member Honorees with Italian Heritage Month Committee members Sal Bramante, Treasurer OIH Month not involved in kitchen duty to Committee, Lino Rullo, Co-Founder OIH Month Committee, Marisa Di Pietro, Secretary OIH The Thanksgiving holiday is spend quality time with your Month Committee, Richard Vita, President OIH Month Committee, Debbie Di Masi, Honoree traditionally a time for families pup; lap time, going for a walk, Sal Di Masi, Francine Gannon accepting for Robert Travaglini, Honoree Speaker Robert DeLeo, to gather together and enjoy playing, or taking dog photos. M. Gioconda Motta, C.A.S.I.T., Joe Motta, Frank Mazzaglia, Chairman, OIH Month Committee, each other’s company while Chances are, if your dog is the and Domenic Amara, President Pirandello Lyceum partaking in a sumptuous feast. Although the day can be focus of someone’s attention, he busy and hectic, don’t forget to or she will be too distracted to include your furry family mem- slip into the kitchen. ber. If you have invited a lot of Welcome Distractions: Of company you may be tempted to course, if your pup is a chow put your dog in another room. hound, he may not be able to While that may be okay for a resist the sights and sounds of short time while everyone gets food being prepared or served. settled, don’t leave your pup Entice him to stay put and out isolated all day. Dogs are social of the line of foot traffic by giving creatures, and they can become him or her a chew toy, which stressed if kept away from the can entertain him or her before fun and festivities. or during the Thanksgiving Family Introductions: Is feast. Let him or her know that your dog meeting some of your he or she is being a good dog family members or friends for and that the chew toy is his or the first time? Not all people her reward. You can even give know how to approach a dog him or her a holiday-themed they have never met. Depending chew toy, such as the Nylabone on your dog’s age and person- Turkey & Cranberry-favored ality, let your guests know the Dura Chew, designed to be best way to approach him or long lasting for powerful chew- her. ers. Get him or her Nylabone’s Children can run the gamut Dental Chew holiday two-pack, from being overly excited and made for powerful chewers, and Honorees were given a Certificate of Honor Award by the MA Legislative Italian American possibly aggressive toward your you’ll be ready for Christmas Caucus and the October Italian Heritage Month Committee as Co-Sponsors of the 1999 legisla- dog to, at the other extreme, dinner too! This two pack comes tion creating October Italian Heritage Month Committee of Massachusetts Inc. L-R: Giuseppe being fearful of him or her. Be with a red Turkey& Cranberry- Giangregorio, honoree Sal DiMasi, Francine Gannon accepting for Robert Travaglini, honoree prepared to put everyone at Flavored Dental Dinosaur and Speaker Robert DeLeo, and IHM President Richard Vita. ease, including your dog, for a a green Peppermint-Flavored happy and mutually satisfying Dental Dinosaur. experience. Whether your dog dines at Dog-Friendly Activities: the same time that you do or There are many ways to include another time altogether, you your dog in the day’s activities. can make him or her dinner a Are family members watching special Thanksgiving feast by the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day adding extra treat. Parade on television? This is the After-Dinner Traditions: perfect opportunity for them to What is your family’s after- curl up with your pup, which dinner tradition? Coffee and will give him or her some quiet conversation? Viewing the big time on a lucky family member’s football game on television? lap. There are active family Watching a Christmas clas- members throwing the football sic like It’s a Wonderful Life? around in the yard? Have a Hopefully your pup will be all Nylabone go? Active oddball tuckered out by now and ready or flying disk on hand to toss for a nap, but if he or she isn’t, around with your pooch so he bring out a favorite toy that will or she can join in the fun. No keep him or her busy. matter what games you play Going for walk with your dog with your dog, they will help rid after dinner can be a good way him or her of excess energy. And for both of you to burn off some Representative Michael Moran, Representative-Elect Tom Vitolo, Representative Dan Ryan, a tired dog is well-behaved dog. of those holiday calories from Honoree Sal DiMasi, Francine Gannon accepting for Robert Travaglini, Speaker Robert DeLeo, Delectable Delights: earlier in the day. Representative John Mahoney, Representative Paul Donato, and Senator Sal DiDomenico Thanksgiving is also known as Enjoy your Thanksgiving with Turkey Day, and food plays a family and friends and your The Massachusetts Legislative Italian American major part in the celebration. pup, too! Caucus & October as Italian Heritage Month Committee hosted a special program and reception It’s all about “Unconditional Love” honoring Speaker Robert DeLeo, Sal DiMasi, and Robert Travaglini, the co-sponsors of the 1999 legislation establishing October as Italian Heritage Month, signed by Governor A. Paul Cellucci. Mattéo Gallo The reception was held at the UMass Club on Wednesday, November 14, 2018. Attorney Richard Vita, Senator Sal Di Domenico, Senator Joe Boncore, o Representative Paul Donato, and Representative o Appraisals Adrian Madaro presented the awards. Francine Sales & Rentals Gannon accepted the award for Robert Travaglini as he was out of state and unable to attend. • The honorees and presenters expressed pride Real Estate for their Italian American heritage and vowed sup- port of Christopher Columbus Day and the Italian Gizella DiPaola, SVP, Senior Retail Banking culture that has been so important in the shaping Officer, Eagle Bank, Mira Giangregorio- 376 North Street • Boston, MA 02113 of the United States. Firicano and Michele Motta-Dardano (617) 523-2100 • Fax (617) 523-3530 (Photos by Rosario Scabin, Ross Photography) POST-GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 23, 2018 PAGE 7

• East Boston Social Centers (Continued from Page 1) thrilled to recognize our out- done this without the support of standing alumnus Robert countless community members, Lewis, Jr. as we celebrate this stakeholders and leaders.” milestone anniversary. We look The East Boston Social forward to announcing a vision Centers set an ambitious goal for a future where all children in of raising $500,000 through the East Boston enter Kindergarten Cruisin’ Through the Decades ready to learn and in which gala and are still taking dona- community members are joyful tions to reach that goal. and thriving. This event embod- For more information please ies the East Boston Social contact Marisa Di Pietro at Centers motto “when all give, all [email protected] or visit our gain” because we could not have website at www.ebsoc.org

Sal Amico (Massport), Grace Magoon, Mike Grieco (Massport), Marisa Di Pietro, Anthony Guerriero (Massport), and Buddy Mangini

Living Legends of the 70s - John Forbes, Jr., Salvatore LaMattina, and Johnny Pizzi

Honoree Robert Lewis, Jr. John Carroll (East Boston Savings Bank) with bank staff with Governor Charlie Baker

Living Legend George Gambale & Friend

Councilor Lydia Edwards with Honoree Robert Lewis, Jr. Living Legends - Frances Riley and Joseph Tozza

Living Legends - John Lovasco, Jermaine Wiggins, and Gloria DeVine (Photos by Rosario Scabin, Ross Photography) PAGE 8 POST-GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 23, 2018 On the Aisle

THEATRE NOTES

BY BOBBY FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY: Sound of Music,” “Edelweiss,” THE SIXTH SEASON “Sixteen Going on Seventeen” The Ogunquit Playhouse Announces the Cast and Creative Team (6-DVD) and “My Favorite Things.” CBS DVD + Paramount GLASTONBURY FAYRE: 1971 for the Holiday Production of How would the legendary - THE TRUE SPIRIT OF Sherlock Holmes cope if he GLASTONBURY (Blu-ray) ELF THE MUSICAL lost his one-of-a-kind deduc- MVDvisual + Odeon Ent. at the Musical Hall tive skills? In Elementary: The In the summer of 1971, the Sixth Season, the famed detec- Glastonbury legend was born The Music Hall and the Beast, Grease, and CATS. Off- tive Sherlock (Jonny Lee Miller) when the organizers decided Ogunquit Playhouse are thrilled Broadway her credits include faces this devastating possibility to try and create a festival that to announce the cast and creative Cleopatra, The Wild Party, Judith when he is diagnosed with Post- would be a forerunner for an team of Elf The Musical, on stage of Bethulia, and Henry and Concussion Syndrome, a dis- ‘alternative and utopian soci- November 28th – December 16th Mudge. In film her voice can be order that causes physical and ety.’ The festival encompassed at The Music Hall in Portsmouth, heard in many animated films, cognitive symptoms, including Midsummer’s Day, and in true New Hampshire. Based on the including her Annie Award- memory loss. With his career, medieval tradition, the area of beloved film, Elf The Musical is winning role as Charlotte La calling and sobriety all at stake, Worthy Farm, Pilton was given the hilarious tale of Buddy, a Bouff in Disney’s The Princess he must rely even more on his over to music, dance, poetry, young orphan child who mis- and the Frog. On television she steadfast partner, Dr. Joan theatre, spontaneous enter- takenly crawls into Santa’s bag has performed in CBS’s Instinct, Watson (Lucy Liu). Together, tainment and nudity. Aspiring of gifts and is transported back to the North Pole Bull, Unforgettable, and Blue Bloods, and pro- they continue in their mission to director Nic Roeg took his film and raised as one of Santa’s elves. Eventually vided voiceover work for Shrek Live, American crack the NYPD’s most baffling crew to the second Glastonbury Buddy’s enormous size and poor toy-making Dad, Phineas and Ferb, and Mickey and the crimes and puzzling cases. Your festival and recorded the people, abilities cause him to embark on a journey to Roadster Racers among many others. Ms. Cody mind will be blown by all 21 the music and their summer New York City to find his birth father, discover was last seen on the Ogunquit Playhouse stage thrilling episodes in this 6-disc of love. The music of Terry his true identity, and help New York remember in 2012’s Damn Yankees, 2009’s All Shook Up, collection as Sherlock fights to Reid, Family, Melanie, Fairport the true meaning of Christmas. 2006’s Cinderella, and was the Choreographer overcome a mystery even he Convention, Traffic, Linda Lewis The Ogunquit Playhouse production is helmed for the 2016 and 2015 smash-hit Million Dollar may not be able to solve. and Arthur Brown are part of by Broadway director/choreographer Connor Quartet. DRAGNET: the legend of Glastonbury Fayre, Gallagher and features an all-new set designed Lothair Eaton joins the cast as the Macy’s COLLECTOR’S EDITION but the real stars of this film are exclusively for the Ogunquit production at The Manager. Off-Broadway Mr. Eaton starred in (Blu-ray) the festival goers, organizers Music Hall by acclaimed scenic designer Jason the original company of Nunsense A-Men, and in Shout! Factory Arabella Churchill and Andrew Sherwood. Leading the professional cast are New the UK Tour of 5 Guys Named Moe. In Regional Many ‘seniors’ will likely Kerr, and the first appearance York and Broadway veterans Steven Booth as theatres he has starred in Trav’lin 1930’s Harlem remember this opening line of the pyramid stage. Unseen for Buddy the Elf, Diana Huey as Jovie, Jen Cody Musical, When Pigs Fly, Sunday In The Park With for the television police drama; over thirty years since its cin- as Deb, Lothair Eaton as the Macy’s Manager, George, and Show Boat. Additionally, he starred Dragnet that first aired in the ema release, Glastonbury Fayre Annie Edgerton as Emily Hobbs, Blake Hammond as Papa the Old Steam Train in the Germany, 1950s … “This is the city.” has been digitally restored as Santa, Philip Paul Kelly as Mr. Greenway, and Las Vegas, New Zealand and UK Tour of Starlight Dan Aykroyd appears as the to create a unique record of Christopher Russo as Walter Hobbs. The role of Express. namesake nephew of Detective a visionary music festival by Michael will be played by Calvin Middleton. Portraying Emily Hobbs is Annie Edgerton. Sergeant Joe Friday, originally one of Britain’s greatest film Steven Booth stars as Buddy. Mr. Booth Ms. Edgerton has starred as Rosie in Mamma Mia! played by actor Joe Webb, and directors. recently starred as Charlie in the first National on Broadway as well as in the first two National his sidekick is Tom Hanks as MEMORIES OF ME Tour of Kinky Boots, and as Richie in the first Tours. She has also performed on Broadway the footloose, wisecracking (Blu-ray) National Tour of Happy Days. On Broadway he in Kinky Boots, and in numerous Regional and Pep Streebek. Aykroyd is at his MVD Marquee Collection has performed in School of Rock, Glory Days, Off-Broadway productions including Fly Me comedic best as the nephew Billy Crystal and Alan King will and Avenue Q, and for regional theatres has to the Moon, Comedy of Errors, King Lear, Les of Friday. Like his uncle, he’s keep you in stitches in director performed in the Signature Theatre’s production Miserables, Legally Blonde, Babes in Toyland, a blue-suited by-the-rules cop Henry Winkler’s heartwarming of Glory Days, Avenue Q at the Wynn Las Vegas Showboat, and Betrayal, among others. who reluctantly joins forces comedy about a feuding father Theatre, Capitol Repertory’s Edges, North Shore Blake Hammond joins the cast of Elf The with Streebek to rescue the City and son who discover that love Music Theatre’s Three Musketeers, and Coeur Musical as Santa. On Broadway he has performed of Angels from the machinations is a family trait. Roger Ebert of d’Alene Summer Theatre’s Pippin. in numerous productions including Sister Act, Elf of a power-mad Reverend and Siskel & Ebert considered the Diana Huey co-stars as Jovie. Ms. Huey most The Musical, Billy Elliot, Disney’s The Lion King, corrupt Police Commissioners. script for Memories of Me, by recently starred in the first National Tour ofThe Hairspray, The Music Man, Kiss Me Kate, and And those are “just the facts” of Crystal and Oscar-winner Eric Little Mermaid as Ariel. She has performed in On the Town, and Off-Broadway in When Pigs this hysterically funny action- Roth, to be well written, well numerous New York and Regional productions Fly, Carnival, and Do Re Mi. Mr. Hammond has comedy! A comedy that pays directed, smart and tender. including Girlstar, Jasper in Deadland, James also starred in the National Tours of Something homage to the police dramas of They say, like father, like son, and the Giant Peach, Spring Awakening, Avenue Rotten, Cinderella, The Addams Family, and yesteryear! but for Abe (King) and Abbie Q, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along-Blog, Rent, Mame, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. THE SOUND OF MUSIC LIVE (Crystal) Polin, nothing could and Signature Theatre’s Miss Saigon for which Mr. Hammond was most recently seen on the (Blu-ray) be further from the truth. Abe is she won the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Ogunquit Playhouse stage as Harry in 2018’s Shout! Studios king of the Hollywood extras. As Lead Actress. Grumpy Old Men the Musical. Additionally he has The world’s most pop- an actor he’s an expert at being Portraying Deb is Jen Cody. Ms. Cody performed at the Playhouse in 2015’s Sister Act ular musical, Rodgers and a face in the crowd. His son has starred in numerous Broadway produc- and 2009’s Guys and Dolls. Hammerstein’s The Sound of Abbie is a respected New York tions including , Shrek, The Music Hall is located at 28 Chestnut Street, Music, comes brilliantly to life heart surgeon who’s always felt Pajama Game, Taboo, Urinetown the Musical, Portsmouth, NH 03801. For tickets visit http:// in this ambitious, live-broad- like a bit player in his father’s Seussical the Musical, Disney’s Beauty and the www.themusichall.org cast production from BAFTA- life. When Abbie suffers a mild nominated director Coky heart attack, he decides it’s time Giedroyc! The spectacular Kara to mend family ties … or break Tointon delivers a “mesmerizing them altogether. So he heads The time has come, the walrus said, performance and incredible out to Hollywood, where his vocal talents” as Maria, the efforts at reconciliation lead to TO TALK OF MANY THINGS tomboyish nun who reluc- hilarious consequences. of shoes and ships and sealing wax of cabbages and kings tantly becomes the governess TOPPER RETURNS by Sal Giarratani for seven children living in the (Blu-ray) shadow of their stern widower MVDvisual + VCI Ent. SALESIAN COMMUNITY The sky ain’t gonna fall when it is to live in Boston. I am still father (Julian Ovenden). Along Cosmo Topper (Roland Young) PASTA DINNER shoppers go shopping. As Gloria wondering why the magazine with her required duties, Maria is the man who knows the ways As I put this column together, Gainer once sang, “I (you and needed to tell everyone reading brings love, music and excite- of spooks better than anyone, is I am going to attend the 12th me) will survive.” the piece how old all those mak- ment back into the children’s up to his moustache in mystery. Annual Pasta Dinner tonight in About five years back, on ing comments were. Remember lives ... and also eventually When a beautiful heiress-to-be support of all the programs at a trip to Austin, I found out age is just a number. begins to have an effect on their (Joan Blondell) becomes the the Club. I am sure it will turn they have a plastic bag ban DAVID SONDRAS father. But just when things are target of an unknown killer, out as a special family night. and it is business as usual for MEMOIRS looking up, the rise of Nazism things start jumping. Topper I never miss this fundraiser. merchants, supermarkets and Recently I read that former and the looming threat of war tries to find her killer in an eerie More on the Pasta Night in next shoppers. I shop with bags I City Councilor David Sondras darken their future. Supported old house, filled with trap doors, week’s paper carry in my car all the time. just released his memoir. It by Katherine Kelly as Baroness secret passages and plenty of PLASTIC BAG BAN If I forget a bag, sturdy bags chronicles his years on the Elsa Schraeder and Alexander eccentric characters. Topper NO BIG DEAL are for sale for a quarter. Pure council back in the early ’80s. Armstrong as Max Detweiler, soon finds himself as “Suspect I can’t believe all the con- over-reaction! God almighty has it really been The Sound Of Music Live is an # 1,” but with the help of his troversy over the incoming EAST BOSTON SHINES AT that long? It was a great reality enchanting experience that ghostly collaborator, he tries plastic bag ban that will be BOSTON SENIORITY show in the Council Chambers will remain with you long after to unmask the real killer. This enacted on December 14th. The MAGAZINE when Scondras and Dapper the last curtain call. Since this was the last film (1941) in the Boston Herald has editorialized As I browsed through the O’Neil did battle with each show debuted on Broadway hilarious Topper series which against the ban once again. November issue of Boston other over something or another. in 1959, its music has etched began in the late 1930s based The Retailers Association of Seniority, I came upon photos They were not two peas in any- in our minds the classic and on Thome Smith’s famous Massachusetts calls the ban of Raffaela Pizzi and Adeline one’s pod. I miss that kind of unforgettable songs as, “The characters. “not pro-consumer.” PALEZE! Carino talking about how great action. POST-GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 23, 2018 PAGE 9

Recipes from the Homeland by Vita Orlando Sinopoli

COPYRIGHT, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED MEATBALLS It’s holiday time again, but In reality, this assortment of football game. I am a graduate things have changed for us American holiday food was just of Boston English High School, 1 pound ground beef 1 tablespoon grated Romano in terms of celebrating. In the for show. When we all finally sat America’s oldest public high (or ground turkey) cheese past, I had combined my family down at the dinner table, the school (1821) and still wear 1/2 cup Italian-style bread 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder with that of my second cousin, first course was escarole soup my English High ring out of love crumbs or one small chopped garlic Ralph Pepe, and we celebrated with tiny meatballs and pastina and respect. Back in the mid- 2 slightly beaten eggs clove Thanksgiving, Christmas and or Ordos mixed in. The second fifties, I would join my friends Place ground beef or turkey, prepared breadcrumbs, and slightly Easter as one extended family. course was Nanna’s homemade and head for Harvard Stadium beaten eggs in a bowl. Mix ingredients thoroughly. Shape meatballs This, of course, was before his ravioli. She made the dough and and watch the annual game. by taking a full tablespoon of mixture and rolling it in the palm kids were married and had their the ricotta mix herself nothing This tradition continued of your hands into a ball shape. Place each meatball on a lightly own kids, and before my sons was pre anything for her. The through the early sixties, but greased baking tray. Bake in a preheated 350°F oven for about were on their own. ravioli were accompanied by came to an end due to mili- 15 to 20 minutes.* The way it stands now is that hot and sweet sausages, a never tary obligations and family Remove from baking tray to separate meatballs from excess­ oil. his family is rather large and ending supply of meatballs, commitments. Makes about twelve to fifteen meatballs, depending on the size the families of his children’s and a dish containing the meats Dad had been one of the preferred. spouses are included in the mix, that gave her red gravy its coaches for East Boston High *To microwave: Place meatballs on a microwave-proof ­platter which makes the crowd too big. flavor: chunks of beef, pork ribs, School’s football team from 1942 and cook for five minutes, then turn and continue cooking for five To add to this, my son John a bit of lamb, and the herbs through the 1948 season, and to eight more minutes. likes to entertain the family that made her gravy unique. we would compare notes once I NOTE: The aroma of frying meatballs filled the air in most North on holidays at his home. That Alongside of these dishes were returned from the English Latin End apartments every Sunday morning. My brother and I waited way his in-laws, parents and large plates containing stuffed game. I would tell him about for Mama to start frying her meatballs so that we could enjoy one brother can get together for a mushrooms, stuffed artichokes, my game and he would remi- before the noontime meal. day. At times, my daughter- slices of egg plant, and sautéed nisce about the Thanksgiving My recipe evolved from watching my mother prepare her bread in-law insists that she, John greens. Later, she would bring Day Eastie Southie games from crumbs for the meatballs. Most families had a special technique­ to and granddaughter, Lina, head out a mixed salad as this was the past. Dad’s first love in acquire their desired taste. When I prepare my meatballs, I add to New York to spend holi- served after the main courses. sports was football and he had one tablespoon of grated Romano cheese and one-eighth teaspoon days with her parents on Long Dishes of sliced scali bread wished I played the game just of garlic powder (or one small chopped garlic clove) to the flavored Island, and off they go. Add were within reach as well as as he did when he was young. bread crumbs. These additions give me the taste and aroma of the to the mix that son Michael’s bottles of home-made wine for My sport was, and still is, base- meatballs I remember enjoying in my childhood.­ schedule often doesn’t coin- the adults and soda for us kids. ball. I can’t get enough of it cide with the holidays, and he Once the main part of the meal and you must know how I feel can’t get home in time to cel- was over, dishes of fruit and seeing the Sox won the World ebrate. As a result of all of this, nuts were placed on the table, Series again. St. Joseph Calasanz, Sch.P. the old days are gone. I wish including lots of hot chestnuts. I’m writing this a few days they weren’t but times have These were accompanied by before the actual holiday and by Bennett Molinari and Richard Molinari changed. after dinner liqueurs and both don’t know what to expect to see Joseph was born at the Castle of When I was a youngster, holi- Italian and American coffee. on the dinner table at my son Calasanz near Peralta de Calasanz in days, like Sunday dinners, were Dessert, consisting of pastries, John’s place. I know, seeing his the Kingdom of Aragon, on September held at my grandparent’s home cakes and pies would come wife is American, I won’t taste 11, 1557, the youngest of eight chil- with three generations of family later in the day or early eve- the escarole soup, the ravioli, dren. His parents were Pedro de sitting at the dining room table ning, not right after the main the meatballs and sausages, Calasanz y de Mur, the town mayor, for three to four hours. This is meal. etc. … but the important part is and María Gastón y de Sala. He had Thanksgiving week, so let me Years later, I discovered that that we will all be together as a two sisters. His parents gave him a illustrate what it was like for us the turkey and American fixin’s family and that is more impor- good education at home and then at when I was growing up. could have been made out of tant than the ethnicity of the the elementary school of Peralta. In First let me say, “Thanksgiving plastic, as no one ever touched food. So, from the descendents 1569, he was sent for classical stud- is an American holiday.” them and no one would have of Mike and Jenny Contini ies to a college in Estadilla run by Babbononno had read American ever known. They were for (Nanna and Babbononno), a the Trinitarian friars. At the age of history and knew the signifi- show … American food for an very happy Thanksgiving to all 14, he determined that he wanted to cance of the last Thursday in American holiday. of you for 2018! become a priest. November. Nanna couldn’t read, The family back then con- To answer the questions of Although his family initially did not support his religious calling, but had heard the stories of sisted of Nanna, Babbononno, a few readers: Yes, my book Calasanz was eventually ordained as a priest in 1583 and subse- the Pilgrims, the Indians and Mom, Dad, me, Mom’s brothers,­ is still available. It is a set of quently became vicar general of Tremp. Later he relinquished much survival in the early 1600s. Her their wives and their children, 18 short stories about grow- of his inheritance, resigned his vicariate, and went to Rome (1592), kids, my mother and her broth- so it was basically, the immedi- ing up in East Boston and where he worked for the education of poor children. In November ers, were Americans and Nanna ate family. At times, my grand- attending English High in the 1597, he opened Europe’s first free school for poor children. wanted them to celebrate the parents would invite other mid 1950s. If you would like After other priests joined him, they eventually expanded their American holidays. Therefore, relatives to join us, or single a signed copy of True Short headquarters. Increasing student enrollment necessitated a move the Contini family celebrated friends who would be alone at Stories, send a check for $20.00 in 1602, and after a crippling accident, Joseph was assisted by Thanksgiving. Nanna would holiday time. made out to me and address it Popes Clement VIII and Paul V, who in 1617, recognized his com- go to the slaughterhouse near Once in a while, musicians or to Beagsley Publishing Co., Box munity as a religious congregation. In 1621, the congregation, Maverick Square, pick out her band leaders (Americans) that 342, Arlington, MA 02476. I will which was spreading throughout Italy, became papally approved turkey, bargain for it the same my uncles or father were tied take care of the rest. as a religious order, with Joseph as superior. way she did for her chickens in with would show up and the Joseph was friends with Galileo Galilei, and the Piarists supported during the rest of the year and turkey would actually be cut HAPPY THANKSGIVING and Galileo’s heliocentric system against other religious orders (namely buy all of the dinner add on’s up and served. We kids would MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA the Jesuits). Joseph and the Piarists also met with significant while walking home. This meant watch as these Americans bit political backlash from a number of Italy’s powerful families over that, in the center of the din- into their turkey parts, buttered the order’s unwavering belief in the value of education for the poor. ing room table a roast turkey their mashed potatoes and LEGAL NOTICE Even worse, members of his own order began to cam- would sit, filled with southern sipped the apple jack, and feel Commonwealth of Massachusetts paign against him. As a result, Joseph’s work was stopped, Italian egg . Next to the sorry for them eating American The Trial Court and the members of his order became part of the regular turkey would be a dishes of food rather than Nanna’s Italian Middlesex Probate and Family Court 208 Cambridge Street diocese. In spite of all this, Joseph protected his persecutors from sweet potatoes, corn bread, an creations. But, we never said Cambridge, MA 02141 the angry comments of others. He never lost hope that one day assortment of greens, cranberry anything. They were adults, (617) 768-5800 his religious order would be restored and poor children would be sauce and a tureen of gravy (not we were kids, and we knew Docket No. MI18C0608CA served through it. On August 25, 1648, Joseph died in Rome. ours — theirs). Oh, I forgot, a better. In the Matter of Twenty years later, Pope Clement IX completely restored the container filled with As a young adult, I was often CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL DURDEN CITATION ON order. He was Canonized on July 16, 1767 by Pope Clement XIII. to wash all of this down was late for Thanksgiving dinner as th PETITION TO CHANGE NAME The Feast of Calasanz is celebrated on August 25 . ever present. I attended the English-Latin A Petition to Change Name of Adult has been filed by Christopher Michael Durden of ­Burlington, MA requesting that the court enter a Decree changing their name to —FOR YOUWHO APPRECIATE THEFINEST — Christopher­ Micheal Luddy. THE IMPORTANT NOTICE Any person may appear for purposes of objecting to the petition by filing an ­appearance at Middlesex Probate and Family Court before 10:00 a.m. on the return day of Johnny Christy November 30 2018. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance if you object to this proceeding. Orchestra Witness, HON. EDWARD F. DONNELLY, JR., First Justice of this Court MUSICFOR ALL Date: November 1, 2018 OCCASIONS 781-648-5678 Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate Run Date: 11/23/18 PAGE 10 POST-GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 23, 2018

• News Briefs (Continued from Page 1) THOUGHTS by DAN created by Democrat hacks try- get to take part in this somber ing to redo election results. It ceremony honoring all who About This & That certainly looks like that to me. serve their country. If Austin with Daniel A. DiCenso There Are No Veterans for can do it, why can’t Boston? War Anywhere Take the politics out of honoring The Places We Remember This year, for the second year all who serve. Sacrificing your in a row, I participated in the life is not about putting politics somber celebration of Veterans above nation. My grandfather, Guerino by the blockbusting craze and, crime, I cannot help harboring Day in Austin, Texas. This year Democrat Politics in Georgia DiCenso, died on September later, by busing, the demo- certain resentment toward the was especially significant as it As of last Friday, the governor’s 16, 1998 after a two-year battle graphics began to change sig- gentrification of my old neigh- was the Centennial of the end- race is still being questioned by with failing kidneys. Earlier that nificantly. The Irish maintained borhood. Gentrification has ing of World War I. As I stood on Democrat Stacy Abrams and all spring city officials finished a strong presence, but by the become an increasingly stigma- the grounds of the State Capitol the usual Democrat suspects. tearing down what was left of mid to late ’80s, the Polish tized word and not entirely with- in Austin, five World War I vet- Now, they are claiming that the old Boston Garden. The first community had been largely re- out justification. It is a process erans were given the highest the race was not fair. Hillary loss was far more piercing, of duced to remnant outposts near that often comes with disregard military medal presented by the Clinton, of course, is one of the course. Together, however, the South Bay and, toward the end for the culture that made an consul general of France. The characters who does not like the death of the man with whom I of the Reagan years, the Italian area a community, long before it steps of the State Capitol were idea of losing. spent many summer afternoons and Jewish communities had was prime real estate. A neigh- lined with veterans young and The Republican candidate during my youth and taught largely disappeared. Through- borhood’s blue-collar roots, its old from every branch of the Brian Kemp is ahead by 60,000 me how to play chess, and the out the ’90s, Dorchester became diversity of various sorts (social, armed forces. votes and Abrams refuses to demise of the arena where I a predominantly Black and ethnic, religious, economic, etc.) Texas always takes care of concede. She would need to first saw the Ringling Brothers Latino neighborhood with the seldom stands a chance; less so its veterans and the people of find 18,000 votes just to trig- seemed to mark the end of an Irish residents making up the its character. Austin salute them and line ger a recount. It’s not going to era. The world I grew up in was largest European demographic. Fortunately, thanks largely the parade route. As I read the happen. However, the longer ending. Blockbusting took a hefty toll to Boston’s pride in identity, Boston Herald on November she waits, the more she keeps th Few things are more fragile on Dorchester as it did to the Dorchester, more so than sur- 12 , I noticed the photo of her name out there for a future than the worlds of our child- surrounding neighborhoods rounding areas, has maintained the Veterans for Peace who race. To me, she’s nothing more hood; the finest china is - pre of Mattapan and Hyde Park a a lot of its multi-facet aspects marched in their own parade than a sore loser. served with care but we cannot decade earlier. Many struggling and, in many areas, diversity following the official parade. End Quote help but let the places of our Black families were duped into has only increased. The last As a veteran I found that sad. “It ain’t over until the fat lady memories slip away. These buying homes they could not fifteen years saw a rise in new Down in Austin, Texas, all veter- sings, but its long past that worlds have the homes we afford and fell prey to unscru- arrivals from Southeast Asia ans get to march in the parade. song by now in both Georgia knew, the streets we played pulous realtors (much like the making the old blocks their It is inclusive and all veterans and Florida.” in, the people we remember, ones who sold them the homes homes, bringing with them their — Anonymous and the things we loved. These in the first place) who offered cuisines, shops, and language. worlds remain frozen in our them a chance to sell their Educational opportunities are minds long after they evaporate homes well below market value attracting immigrants from Fully Insured from our lives. to avoid foreclosure. Eastern Europe and many For me this place was Bos- Poverty and resentment being members of the Gay community Lic #017936 ton in the 1980s, specifically it two of the most fertile grounds have discovered the advantages was Wrentham Street; a close for crime, Dorchester became of the Neponset area. nit neighborhood in a vibrant one of the most dangerous In hindsight, I grew up in city. Boston is an old city that, neighborhoods in Boston after Dorchester at an ideal time in Heating & Air Conditioning though it has changed a lot in Mattapan, Roxbury, and Hyde its history. Redlining had been Sales, Service & Installation the last three decades, parts Park. outlawed, the more intense of it resist change. Dorchester, My family left the neighbor- racial conflicts had come to an Ken Shallow its largest borough, is in many hood in January of 1992 and end, with Dorchester conse- 617.593.6211 [email protected] ways the same neighborhood I it continued to deteriorate for quently becoming a modular left twenty-five years ago. almost a decade. Then, within example of a diverse neighbor- Dorchester has long been the last ten years, Dorchester, hood, and, above all, Dorchester a tight, gritty neighborhood. much like the boroughs of Ja- was a community in the truest Boston’s immigrants and work- maica Plain and the South End sense of the word. Your block MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY ing class turned it into a com- as well as the city of Somerville, was your family and your block NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS munity. The Irish were the first underwent a startling face-lift. raised you. Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. AP1222-C4, FY19-20 MISCELLANEOUS BRIDGE comers; most of them part of the Developers, entrepreneurs, Even the best things come to AND TUNNEL REPAIRS – TERM CONTRACT, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Capital Programs Department exodus leaving the Emerald Isle students (many from U-Mass an end, however, and Dorches- Office, Suite 209S, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts after the potato famine. By the Boston) and professionals came ter hit a decade-long nadir soon 02128-2909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2018, immediately late nineteenth-century, they to the area, collectively trans- after my family left. Now it has after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly. were joined by Eastern Europe- forming it into a desirable and come back to life, but not the NOTE: PRE-BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 11:00 A . M . LOCAL TIME ON ans, Poles, Jews, and Italians. increasingly white-collared way its community remembers. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2018. Boston’s Black population had neighborhood. This new series will be a trib- The work includes VARIOUS BRIDGE REPAIRS AT LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND long had an established com- Grateful though I am for the ute to that brief moment in time IN SOUTH BOSTON FOR A TWO YEAR TERM WHICH INCLUDES: REPAIRS TO ROADWAY GRATES, UTILITY COVERS AND PROVIDING, PLACING, MAINTAINING & REMOVING munity in Dorchester, particu- care allotted to crumbling infra- when Dorchester was all that EMERGENCY ROADWAY PLATES; REPLACEMENT OF STRIP SEALS, COMPRESSION larly west of Dorchester Avenue. structure, the revitalization of it could be and lucky was the TYPE SEALS, JOINT SEALS AT CONRAC AND ASPHALTIC PLUG JOINTS; REPAIR By the mid-sixties, propelled business, and the reduction of child who called the place home. OF BITUMINOUS PAVEMENT; REPAIRS TO CRACKS IN BITUMINOUS PAVEMENT; REPAIRS TO ROADWAY STRUCTURES; CLEANING AND PAINTING MISCELLANEOUS STEEL; REMOVALS OF CONCRETE; REPAIR OF CONCRETE;REPAIR OF CONCRETE OVERLAY; AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS REPAIRS AS DIRECTED BY THE ENGINEER. Bid documents will be made available beginning THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2018. LEGAL NOTICE Bid Documents in electronic format may be obtained free of charge at the Authority’s Capital Programs Department Office, together with any addenda or amendments, which the Authority may Commonwealth of Massachusetts issue and a printed copy of the Proposal form. The Trial Court The estimated contract cost is $1,000,000. Probate and Family Court Middlesex Division A proposal guaranty shall be submitted with each General Bid consisting of a bid deposit for five 208 Cambridge Street (5) percent of the value of the bid; when sub-bids are required, each must be accompanied by a East Cambridge, MA 02141 deposit equal to five (5) percent of the sub-bid amount, in the form of a bid bond, or cash, or a (617) 768-5800 certified check, or a treasurer’s or a cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the Massachusetts Port Authority in the name of which the Contract for the work is to Docket No. MI18P5412EA be executed. The bid deposit shall be (a) in a form satisfactory to the Authority, (b) with a surety Estate of company qualified to do business in the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Authority, and (c) JOHN DORAMAJIAN conditioned upon the faithful performance by the principal of the agreements contained in the bid. Date of Death September 3, 2018 The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and a labor and materials payment bond, each in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract price. The surety shall be a surety INFORMAL PROBATE company or securities satisfactory to the Authority. Attention is called to the minimum rate of PUBLICATION NOTICE wages to be paid on the work as determined under the provisions of Chapter 149, Massachusetts To all persons interested in the above General Laws, Section 26 to 27G, inclusive, as amended. The Contractor will be required to pay ­captioned estate, by Petition of Petitioner Carol­ minimum wages in accordance with the schedules listed in Division II, Special Provisions of the A. Megna of Woburn, MA. Specifications, which wage rates have been predetermined by the U.S. Secretary of Labor and/or Carol A. Megna of Woburn, MA has been the Commissioner of Labor and Industries of Massachusetts, whichever is greater. ­informally appointed as the Personal Repre- The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance sentative of the estate to serve without surety and Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of $1,000,000. Said policy on the bond. shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See The estate is being administered under ­informal procedure by the Personal Repre- the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for sentative under the Massachusetts Uniform complete details. Probate Code without supervision by the Court. This Contract is also subject to Affirmative Action requirements of the Massachusetts Port Inventory and accounts are not ­required to be Authority contained in the Non-Discrimination and Affirmative Action article of Division I, filed with the Court, but interested parties are General Requirements and Covenants, and to the Secretary of Labor’s Requirement for Affirmative entitled to notice regarding the ­administration Action to Ensure Equal Opportunity and the Standard Federal Equal Opportunity Construction from the Personal Representative and can Contract Specifications (Executive Order 11246). petition the Court in any ­matter relating to the The General Contractor is required to submit a Certification of Non-Segregated Facilities prior to estate, ­including ­distribution of assets and award of the Contract, and to notify prospective sub-contractors of the requirement for such ­expenses of ­administration. Interested parties certification where the sub-contract exceeds $10,000. are entitled to petition the Court to institute Complete information and authorization to view the site may be obtained from the Capital ­formal proceedings and to obtain orders ter- minating or restricting the powers of Personal Programs Department Office at the Massachusetts Port Authority. The right is reserved to waive Representatives appointed under informal pro- any informality in or reject any or all proposals. cedure. A copy of the Petition and Will, if any, MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY can be obtained from the Petitioner. JOHN P. PRANCKEVICIUS Run date: 11/23/18 ACTING CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Run date: 11/23/2018 POST-GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 23, 2018 PAGE 11

LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE Commonwealth of Massachusetts Commonwealth of Massachusetts EXTRA Innings The Trial Court The Trial Court Middlesex Probate and Family Court Middlesex Probate and Family Court by Sal Giarratani 208 Cambridge Street 208 Cambridge Street Cambridge, MA 02141 Cambridge, MA 02141 (617) 768-5800 (617) 768-5800 Cora was Robbed Docket No. MI18P5603EA Docket No. MI18P5481EA How could Red Sox Manager Alex Cora not be Estate of Estate of JOYCE L. ROBSHAM MARIE ANNA MULA named AL Manager of the Year for leading the Red Date of Death October 20, 2018 Also Known As Sox to a 108-54 record and slamming through MARIE A. MULA the Yankees, Astros, and Dodgers to become the CITATION ON PETITION FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION Date of Death September 20, 2008 2018 World Series Champions? Hey, I know the To all interested persons: CITATION ON PETITION FOR manager of the Oakland A’s did a great job, too, A Petition for Formal Probate of Will with FORMAL ADJUDICATION but Cora should of been seen as not only the best Appointment of Personal Representative To all interested persons: AL manager but the best MLB manager this past has been filed by Patricia E. Davis of A Petition for S/A - Formal Probate Charlestown, MA requesting that the Court of Will with Appointment of Personal season. enter a formal Decree and Order and for such Representative has been filed by Lynnann New England Fans other relief as requested in the Petition. Laughlin of Carlisle, MA requesting that the The Petitioner requests that In Texas Still Love Their Patriots Patricia E. Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for th Davis of Charlestown, MA be ­appointed as such other relief as requested in the Petition. My great-niece Helen has a 5 grade teacher Personal Representative(s) of said estate The Petitioner requests that Lynnann who came from Topsfield and he is still a super to serve Without Surety on the bond in an Laughlin of Carlisle, MA be ­appointed as Boston sports fan. His name is Bill Crowley. unsupervised administration. Personal Representative(s) of said estate IMPORTANT NOTICE to serve Without Surety on the bond in an He flies a New England Patriots flag outside his Here is Bill Crowley holding his very own You have the right to obtain a copy of the unsupervised administration. house and has banners hanging in his garage/ Patriots’ helmet. It maybe Longhorn Country Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. IMPORTANT NOTICE man cave, too. in Austin, but it is definitely Patriots Country You have a right to object to this proceed- You have the right to obtain a copy of the ing. To do so, you or your attorney must Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. Next Week at the Crowley family home. file a written appearance and objection You have a right to object to this proceed- Let’s talk about the Cy Young Award winners (Photo by Sal Giarratani) at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on the return ing. To do so, you or your attorney must day of December 17, 2018. file a written appearance and objection This is NOT a hearing date, but a dead- at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on the return line by which you must file a written day of December 12, 2018. appearance and objection if you object to This is NOT a hearing date, but a dead- LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely line by which you must file a written written appearance and objection followed appearance and objection if you object to EXPORT ENTERPRISES Commonwealth of Massachusetts Commonwealth of Massachusetts by an affidavit of objections within thirty this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely TOWING The Trial Court The Trial Court (30) days of the return day, action may be written appearance and objection followed Probate and Family Court Probate and Family Court taken without further notice to you. by an affidavit of objections within thirty NOTICE TO OWNERS Middlesex Division Middlesex Division UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION (30) days of the return day, action may be Notice is hereby given under the pro- 208 Cambridge Street 208 Cambridge Street UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM taken without further notice to you. visions of (M.G.L. c255 Section 39A) East Cambridge, MA 02141 East Cambridge, MA 02141 of the sale or disposal of the following PROBATE CODE (MUPC) UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION (617) 768-5800 (617) 768-5800 motor vehicles to satisfy our garage A Personal Representative appointed UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM keeper’s lien for towing (M.G.L. c155b Docket No. MI18P5558EA Docket No. MI18P5520EA under the MUPC in an unsupervised admin- PROBATE CODE (MUPC) Section 6B) storage & expense for istration is not required to file an inventory A Personal Representative appointed Estate of Estate of holding sale of auction. or annual accounts with the Court. Persons under the MUPC in an unsupervised admin- DONNA CALLAGHAN JUDITH BORTON NEUMAN interested in the estate are ­entitled to ­notice istration is not required to file an inventory Any questions regarding this matter,­ Also Known As Date of Death April 20, 2018 regarding the ­administration directly from or annual accounts with the Court. Persons please contact Export Towing, 50 DONATA CALLAGHAN the Personal Representative and may peti- ­Mystic Ave., Medford, MA, Monday- INFORMAL PROBATE interested in the estate are ­entitled to ­notice Date of Death October 18, 2018 PUBLICATION NOTICE tion the Court in any matter­ relating to the regarding the ­administration directly from Friday 8:00 am – 4:00 pm, Telephone: INFORMAL PROBATE estate, including­ the­ distribution of assets the Personal Representative and may peti- 781-395-0808 To all persons interested in the above and ­expenses of ­administration. tion the Court in any matter­ relating to the 1996 TOYOTA COROLLA PUBLICATION NOTICE ­captioned estate, by Petition of Petitioner VIN #1NXBA02E2TZ487435 To all persons interested in the above cap- Witness, HON. EDWARD F. DONNELLY, JR., estate, including­ the­ distribution of assets Elizabeth­ N. Rose of Natick, MA, a Will has tioned estate, by Petition of Petitioner Clara First Justice of this Court. and ­expenses of ­administration. 2003 FORD EXPIDITION been admitted to informal probate. DiStefano of Newton, MA, a Will has been Elizabeth N. Rose of Natick, MA has been Date: November 19, 2018 Witness, HON. EDWARD F. DONNELLY, JR., VIN #1FMFU18L03LB06479 admitted to informal probate. ­informally appointed as the Personal Repre- First Justice of this Court. Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate 2006 VW JETTA Clara DiStefano of Newton, MA has been sentative of the estate to serve Date: November 14, 2018 without surety Run date: 11/23/2018 VIN #3VWSG71K66M700055 ­informally appointed as the Personal Repre- on the bond. Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate 2000 HONDA ACCORD sentative of the estate to serve without surety The estate is being administered under Run date: 11/23/2018 VIN #1HGCG1654YA074336 on the bond. ­informal procedure by the Personal Repre- The estate is being administered under LEGAL NOTICE 2006 CHEVY EXPRESS sentative under the Massachusetts Uniform ­informal procedure by the Personal Repre- VIN #1GCGG25V461249141 Probate Code without supervision by the Court. NOTICE OF SALE sentative under the Massachusetts Uniform Inventory and accounts are not ­required to be 2012 NISSAN ROGUE Probate Code without supervision by the Court. filed with the Court, but interested parties are Notice is hereby given by Stephens VIN #JN8AS5MV8CW716152 ­Automotive Transport, 60 Union Street, Inventory and accounts are not ­required to be entitled to notice regarding the ­administration Medford, MA 02155, pursuant to the provi- Run dates: 11/23, 11/30, 12/7, 2018 filed with the Court, but interested parties are from the Personal Representative and can sions of G.L.c.255 539A, that on December 3, entitled to notice regarding the ­administration petition the Court in any ­matter relating to the 2018 at 10AM, at said address, the following LEGAL NOTICE from the Personal Representative and can estate, ­including ­distribution of assets and motor vehicle(s) will be sold, in as is condition, petition the Court in any ­matter relating to the ­expenses of ­administration. Interested parties Commonwealth of Massachusetts estate, ­including ­distribution of assets and are entitled to petition the Court to institute no keys, at public sale to satisfy our garage The Trial Court LEGAL NOTICE keeper’s lien thereon for towing, storage, and ­expenses of ­administration. Interested parties ­formal proceedings and to obtain orders ter- Middlesex Probate and Family Court are entitled to petition the Court to institute minating or restricting the powers of Personal expenses of notice and sale: 208 Cambridge Street Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court ­formal proceedings and to obtain orders ter- Representatives appointed under informal pro- 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA, BLUE Cambridge, MA 02141 minating or restricting the powers of Personal Middlesex Probate and Family Court cedure. A copy of the Petition and Will, if any, Vin: 1N4BA41E84C876381 (617) 768-5800 Representatives appointed under informal pro- 208 Cambridge Street can be obtained from the Petitioner. Acquilina Macedo Docket No. MI18P5493EA cedure. A copy of the Petition and Will, if any, Run date: 11/23/18 Cambridge, MA 02141 can be obtained from the Petitioner. 37 Mt. Everett St. Estate of (617) 768-5800 Boston, MA 02125 Run date: 11/23/18 THOMAS JOSEPH McGINNIS Docket No. MI14P0348GD 2011 CHEVROLET 1500, BLACK Also Known As Vin: 3GCPKSE36BG239834 THOMAS J. McGINNIS CITATION GIVING NOTICE OF PETITION FOR Silvana Checca Date of Death July 24, 2017 RESIGNATION OF A GUARDIAN Box 888 CITATION ON PETITION FOR OF AN INCAPACITATED PERSON Medford, MA 02155 FORMAL ADJUDICATION In the Interests of 1996 BUICK REGAL, RED To all interested persons: JAMIE L. PAQUETTE Vin: 2G4WB52K6T1522376 A Petition for Formal Probate of Will with of Framingham, MA Jackline Achan Appointment of Personal Representative RESPONDENT 33 Magoun Ave., #2 has been filed by Alexander Laboy of Lowell, Incapacitated Person/Protected Person MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Medford, MA 02155 To the named Respondent and all other Decree and Order and for such other relief as ­interested persons, a petition has been filed by 2008 PONTIAC G6, SILVER requested in the Petition. Victor T. Sloan of Uxbridge, MA in the above Vin: 1G2ZF57B784150951 The Petitioner requests that Alexander captioned matter requesting that the court: Belle Services Inc. Laboy of Lowell, MA be ­appointed as Personal Accept the Resignation of the Guardian. Box 120400 Representative(s) of said estate to serve With- The petition asks the court to make a deter- Boston, MA 02112 out Surety on the bond in an unsupervised mination that the Guardian and/or Conservator administration. 2005 HONDA ACCORD, BLUE should be allowed to resign; or should be IMPORTANT NOTICE Vin: 1HGCN56185A037007 removed for good cause; or that the Guardian- You have the right to obtain a copy of the ship and/or Conservatorship is no longer neces- Joanne Mathis Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. sary and therefore should be terminated. The 311 Hood Rd., #311 You have a right to object to this proceed- original petition is on file with the court. Derry, NH 03038 ing. To do so, you or your attorney must You have the right to object to this file a written appearance and objection 2009 HONDA ACCORD, BLACK proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or your at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on the return Vin: 1HGCR3F89DA024199 attorney must file a written ­appearance at this day of December 5, 2018. Adam L McSwiggin court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date This is NOT a hearing date, but a dead- 17 Creesy St., Apt 6 of December 6, 2018. This day is NOT a hearing line by which you must file a written date, but a deadline date by which you have to Marblehead, MA 01945 appearance and objection if you object to file the written appearance if you ­object to the this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely 2001 HONDA ACCORD, SILVER ­petition. If you fail to file the written­appearance written appearance and objection followed Vin: 1HGCG16411A060245 by the return date, action may be taken in this by an affidavit of objections within thirty Anabel Murillo matter without further notice to you. 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HOOPS and HOCKEY in the HUB Boxing Ringside by Richard Preiss

WITH BOBBY FRANKLIN Where just a night earlier there was euphoria, now there was a glum, somber feeling permeating the air. Just a scant 24 hours before, the fully inflated Celtics balloon SUGAR RAY ROBINSON had ascended to great heights but now it lay in tatters on the rough, tough ground — a deflation that occurs when some NBA Lost Title for Last Time in 1960, Kept Fighting Till 1965 teams are brought back to the hard reality of the 82-game regular season schedule. By any measurement, Sugar quality goes just look at his For it was on Friday at the Garden that the Celtics seem to break Ray Robinson had a remarkable record. Robinson was fighting out of the somewhat uninspiring shell that they have been in for the career. The man who has been in an era that was dominated opening weeks of the young season and instead put on display all called the greatest fighter pound by great fighters, and he was the dazzle, glitter and power that followers of the Green and White for pound who ever laced on a competing in the division that had expected from the outset. pair of gloves had a total of 201 had the largest number of them. And what a display it was with Kyrie Irving leading the way with an professional fights. Out of that What he accomplished was impressive 43 points as the C’s overpowered the Toronto Raptors to number he lost only 19 times nothing short of phenomenal. claim an impressive 123-116 overtime victory. It was a good as it gets with 6 draws and 1 bout being Getting back to Robinson’s in the long and winding regular season and definitely the contest ruled a no contest. As amazing post champion years, he never to remember since the games began to count back on October 16th. as that record is, it is even more became an “opponent”. Up Although it was only the middle of November, one could envision astounding when you consider until his final fight he was this being a preview of the Eastern Conference Finals next spring that 12 of those 19 losses came campaigning for another shot as the Celtics really came alive in crunch time and propelled them- after he lost the title to Paul at the title. In has last fight he selves to victory. Pender. Now, add in the fact took on leading contender Joey It was the night Irving went on an impressive tear, displaying all that 5 of those defeats came in Archer. Archer won a ten round the reasons he was brought to the Celtics from Cleveland last year 1965, the last year of his career decision over Robinson and just — those 43 points on the night, including 19 in the crucial fourth when the great champion was two fights later lost a split deci- quarter and four more in the overtime session. All this against the 45 years old. Raptors — the team that is leading the Eastern Conference. Yes, sir, it was a night the Celtics appeared to be the team that all those preseason prognosticators said they would be — a squad contending for the Eastern Conference title and perhaps a berth in the NBA Finals. But there was another game the next night — a contest against the Utah Jazz — a Western Conference team on an East Coast swing that arrived in Boston just before one in the morning on Saturday following a Friday night setback against Philadelphia. To be kind, this was a very different game, a matchup in which the Celtics really did not seem like the team that had taken the floor only 24 hours earlier. The 98-86 setback (at one point Utah led by 22 points) was such a contrast that coach Brad Stevens cleared his bench with about eight minutes remaining in the game and went with substitutes, st Ray in his 201 and last fight, Sugar Ray Robinson perhaps sending a message to those who had played the greater against Joey Archer. Ray dusts of the gloves for portion of the contest. an age where quantity trumps another comeback. Asked by a media member at his postgame press conference if In 1965 alone Robinson the quality of opposition, these there could be a “confidence issue” among some players, Stevens fought 12 times. He finished “experts” love to play the num- sion to Emile Griffith in a title offered this explanation: his career being very active, bers game. They will say things fight. Even to the end and at the “I think there’s something there with that. I think there’s a lot of fighting twice a month on five like “How great could Robinson age of 45, Sugar Ray Robinson things it could be. But at the end of the day you build confidence occasions in just that one year. have been? He lost 19 times.” was in the mix of title contenders. by doing hard things over and over and over because that’s your That’s amazing for a man of his What garbage. If Robinson had retired after focus. That’s your intent. Your job is your focus. You perform every age at the time. In that last year The number of wins a boxer losing the crown to Pender, assignment. You do it physically. You do it tough. And then all of he also won more fights than he has is less important than his record would stand at 143 a sudden the ball goes in.” lost, posting 8 victories. the quality of his opposition. wins, 7 losses, and 2 draws. He Stevens cited something he learned from a veteran coach in After losing the title by split But, in Robinson’s case, his was only stopped once and that Indiana, one who had coached small college teams for 34 years. decision to Pender in January of record boasts both items. was in his challenge to The phrase was The Game Honors Toughness. “And boy is that 1960, Robinson fought Pender Robinson won his first 40 fights win the Light Heavyweight true,” stated Stevens. “I would say that if we’re struggling with the again six months later, los- before losing a decision to Championship from Joey ball going in the hole then we should just lock in to what we need ing another split decision. Six Jake LaMotta. He had defeated Maxim. In that fight Robinson to do better and that’ll take care of itself.” months after that he would LaMotta the previous year. collapsed from the heat and The coach has said a number of times that “we’re still figuring out challenge Gene Fullmer for a After that loss he went on to dehydration. who we want to be.” It seems thus far this has produced the current we’re-one-team-one-night-and-another-team-the-next-night show. version of the Middleweight have 90 straight fights without It is a sad commentary that The result is a team around .500. Not bad but far enough below Title in a bout that resulted in a loss, including 3 more wins a great a fighter like Sugar Ray expectations to cause some concern. a draw. Just three months after over LaMotta. His final victory Robinson should have his repu- That can’t continue or it will be a very different season than those that he would lose a decision to against LaMotta included win- tation questioned today, but that throughout Celtics Nation had in mind when the action commenced Fullmer. Remember, Robinson ning the Middleweight Crown. is the age we live in. Robinson’s just a little over a month ago. was doing all of this while he He also won the Welterweight achievements will never be IN MEMORIAM — Remembering legendary hockey coach Bob was forty years old. matched. The Sugar Ray of 1965 Title by defeating Tommy Bell. Johnson on the 27th anniversary of his passing (November 26, 1991). would have been able to handle In the 48 fights Robinson Robinson, who began his Known as “Badger Bob” to all in the hockey community, he was the had after losing the crown to career in 1940, would not today’s top middleweights. The head coach at the University of Wisconsin for seven years, winning Pender five were against -cur taste defeat again until he younger Robinson would have three NCAA Division 1 National Championships during that span. rent, former, or future world lost the title to Randy Turpin destroyed them. He was also the head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins for one champions. Out of those five in 1951. At that point in his The next time you hear a season. But what a season it was as the Pens captured the 1991 he lost four decisions and had career Robinson had a record “boxing expert” questioning Stanley Cup. Johnson died of brain cancer later that year but his one draw. of 129 wins against 1 loss and Robinson’s abilities, just smile Pens continued their successful ways, repeating as Cup champions Today, it is not uncommon 2 draws. He regained the title and walk away. That person in 1992. to hear the “experts” demean from Turpin two months later. wouldn’t know a left jab from a The spirit of Johnson continued to be with the team. On June 12, Robinson’s incredible talent. In There’s the quantity. As far as right cross. 2009, exactly 19 years to the day of Johnson’s hiring in 1990, the Pens won their third Stanley Cup, a fitting conclusion to the 2008- 2009 season that saw the Pens use Johnson’s signature phrase “It’s a Great Day for Hockey” as a marketing slogan that year. Columbus Day Committee’s And there’s more. It was 26 years to the day after his hiring that Pittsburgh won its fourth Stanley Cup on June 12, 2016. So you see there’s a Bob Johnson angle to all four of Pittsburgh’s successful Annual Santa Skate Toy Drive Stanley Cup campaigns. Join Santa and his North The festivities are brought Plus, just to make sure no one forgets, the phrase “It’s a Great Day for Hockey” remains on display at the Pens home rink. End elves at the Steriti Rink to you by the North FIVE RINGS GO WANTING — There was a time when cities st on Saturday, December 1 , End Columbus Day around the world lined up with hopes of winning the rights to host from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Celebration Committee, the Olympics. Enjoy skating, holiday with special thanks to the No longer! Calgary recently became the latest community to say music & caroling, face Department of Conserva- no to the Olympics as voters in that Canadian city dashed potential plans to pursue a bid for the 2026 Winter Games. painting, refreshments, and tion and Recreation, The Ironically, if Calgary had remained in the running, it might a try your luck at a raffle. Boston Bruins, State have had a good shot at the Games. Calgary was the host of the Please bring an unwrapped Representative Aaron 1988 Winter Olympics and 85 percent of those venues are still in toy for a child (13 and Michlewitz, State Senator Joe place. Still, the estimated cost was $5.1 billion Canadian dollars. younger). Santa and his friends will Boncore, and Boston City Councilor Switzerland and Austria had dropped out earlier in the process and the nation of Turkey was also eliminated. That leaves just Stockholm be available for photos! Lydia Edwards. in Sweden and Italy’s Milan region in the running for 2026. Beijing, China will host the 2022 Winter Olympics.